The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-13
Baseball Notes.

Jack Sneeds release from Memphis was bought
by Topeka, Kan, and he goes there to manage
the team.
Corcoran is in daily practice and 1t is possible
the coming home games.
The Indianapolis players will be in Chicago
| to-day. They return home on Thursday, when
they will play the Pittsburgs.
The Sluggers again defeated the Booms in a
niueinning game by score of Is to yesterday
The umpire was r Bamberger.
In a game yesterday afternoon betYeen the
Great Easterns and Young Easterns, tDe former
was defeated by score of Is to 4.
Len Stockweli is doing all the catching for the
St. Louis club He caught for the Louisvilles
during the latter part of 1884, but was then a
failure.
McMullen, the new pitcher of the Metropolitan
club. has arrived from California He shows, it
is said remarkable skill in his delivery, and has
great speed.
In the matter of scoring runs. Carroll, the
left fielder of the Washington team, is a lucky
man. Out of thirty-t three times at first base ne
succeeded IN scoring twenty seven runs.
Frank Schebeck, late of the Cleveland club,
has signed to play second for the Duluth club
Flynn is playing good third base for Mime apo
lis. where he went after being released by CT eve
land.
Goodfellow, the catcher of the Reading State
Association Club is III great demand. Five
hundred dollars has been offered for his release
and he Is wanted by the Athletic, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn and st. Louis clubs.
For alleged Indifferent playing. Seward has
been suspended indefinitely without pay. Man
ager Bancroft says that Seward is anxious to
play in Binghamton and is playing for his re-
lease. Seward says his work will show whether
Bancroft speaks the truth
The Kalamazoos lead in the Ohio League with
26 games won and lost. The GAINESVILLE play
stand next, with % games won the Wheel
ings third, the Akrons fourth, Columbus fifth,
Mansfield and Sandusky sixth. each having won
IL games Steubenville is at the botto N of the
list, with games won and "A lost
Manager Gafney says he has no intention Of
releasing Shaw in spite of the outcry IN Wash
ington. He shifted the batteries, putting Gilli-
gan behind Whitney and Mack behind Shaw to
even up the batting strength of the team Those
changes occasoned the report that Gillican re-
fused to be doubled up with Shaw on account Of
the latters alleged crookedness.
O. P. Cayor. the former manager of the Gin
cinnati club, has been appointed manager of the
Metropolitan club in place of Robert Ferguson.
resigned. The players of the club voted to make
catcher Holbert manager, but as Watrous did
not care to take the spoLsbility OF appointing
one of their number rather than nave stranger
over them, they decided upon NJ. Caylor.
The Athletics have preferred charges against
Curtis Welch and Charles Comiskey, OF the ST.
Louis club, In connection with the first game
between the two clubs, played on Thursday.
WEIGH is charged with intentionally striking
weighing with his rs, when he attempted to run
into him, and Comiskey with having insulted the
patrons of the grand stand oy using profane
language. The Athletics allege that these ac-
tions helped TO lessen tho attendance at yestar-
days game. President Won der Abe denies that